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| name = Il Piantissimo
| gender = Male
| image = Il Piantissimo.jpg
| caption = Il Piantissimo as seen in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''.
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'''Il Piantissimo''' is a human disguised as a [[Pianta]] that [[Mario]] must footrace for three [[Shine Sprite]]s in ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''. He takes the role of [[Koopa the Quick]] from ''[[Super Mario 64]]''.

Il Piantissimo is raced in [[Gelato Beach]]'s fifth episode, "[[Il Piantissimo's Sand Sprint]]", [[Noki Bay]]'s fifth episode, "[[Il Piantissimo's Surf Swim]]", and [[Pianta Village]]'s second episode, "[[Il Piantissimo's Crazy Climb]]". He can use most of Mario's moves, but cannot use any tactics involving [[F.L.U.D.D.|FLUDD]]. If Il Piantissimo reaches the flag first, Mario loses a life. When replaying a completed episode, Il Piantissimo is more difficult to beat, as he finishes the course slightly over the player's previous time.<ref>Cross-reference [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVuPYSFp1ig&t=15s this video] with [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh3e5rZuSgg&t=33s this video]</ref>

Il Piantissimo is very confident and considers himself superior to others. Various locals at Pianta Village regard him as a rogue, a creep, and not related to the Piantas.

His name is possibly a portmanteau of "Pianta" and "-issimo" ("-est" or "very"), or specifically "pianissimo" (very soft), a [[wikipedia:Dynamics (music)|dynamic marking]] in sheet music. The word "il" is an Italian definite article equivalent to "the".

If the game is beaten without all 120 Shine Sprites collected, the ending screen shows Il Piantissimo finding [[Bowser Jr.]]'s [[Magic Paintbrush]] on [[Gelato Beach]].

==Appearances==
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|''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]''
|Non-playable character
|2002
|[[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
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|''[[Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour]]''
|Name appears on score board
|2003
|[[Nintendo GameCube|NGC]]
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|''[[Mario Golf: Advance Tour]]''
|Name appears on score board
|2004
|[[Game Boy Advance|GBA]]
|-
|''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]''
|Non-playable character
|2020
|[[Nintendo Switch]]
|}

==Names in other languages==
{{Other languages
| French = Il Piantissimo
| French_translation = 
| German = Palmathon
| German_translation = Portmanteau of "Palma" (Pianta) and "Marathon"
| Italian = Palmassimo
| Italian_translation = Portmanteau of "Palmense" (Pianta) and "massimo" (greatest)
| Japanese = モンテマン<br>Monteman
| Japanese_translation = [[Pianta]]-man
| Spanish = Forestón
| Spanish_translation = Augmentative of "Foresto" (the NOE Spanish name of Piantas)
}}

==Trivia==
[[File:PiantissimoUnmasked.png|thumb|200px|Il Piantissimo without his mask.]]
*With his mask removed, Il Piantissimo's face resembles those of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time]]'''s [[running man]], and by extension, the [[postman]] from ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask]]''. This can also be seen in gameplay by looking through the mask's eyeholes.
*[[Mario]], [[Shadow Mario]], and Il Piantissimo all use the same animations.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{MW link|Il Piantissimo}}
*{{SMW link|Il Piantissimo}}

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